Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oxota

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Action noun of *o- +‎ *xotěti (“to wish”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*oxota f

1. willingness, inclination
2. wish

Alternative forms

• *oxvota

Declension

Declension of *oxota (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*oxota	*oxotě	*oxoty
genitive	*oxoty	*oxotu	*oxotъ
dative	*oxotě	*oxotama	*oxotamъ
accusative	*oxotǫ	*oxotě	*oxoty
instrumental	*oxotojǫ, *oxotǫ**	*oxotama	*oxotami
locative	*oxotě	*oxotu	*oxotasъ, *oxotaxъ*
vocative	*oxoto	*oxotě	*oxoty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *neoxota (“unwillingness”)
• *oxotьnъ (“willing”)
• *oxotьlivъ (“inclined, agreeable”)

Related terms

• *xъtěti (“to will”)
  • *xъtivъ, *xъtivęstъ (“desired, admired”)
• *poxotь, *poxota (“lust”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: охота (oxota)
    • Russian: охо́та (oxóta)
    • Ukrainian: охо́та (oxóta) (formal)
  • Old East Slavic: охвота (oxvota)
    • Belarusian: ахво́та (axvóta)
    • Russian: охво́та (oxvóta)
    • Ukrainian: оxво́та (oxvóta)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: охота (oxota)
  • Bulgarian: охо́та (ohóta)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ochota
  • Polish: ochota
  • Slovak: ochota

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “охота”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “охота”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 984